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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... uptick in the Conference Board's July index of consumer confidence to 51.9 from 51 in June, came as welcome news. Merrill Lynch's move to dumping billions of dollars of mortgage debt at a steep loss and raising $US8.5 billion ($A8.9 billion) in new capital ...

SEC blocks bank short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... Royal Bank ADS and HSBC Holdings are included in the order. In addition, JP Morgan Chase, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Merrill Lynch & Co, Mizuho Financial Group, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are also covered in the emergency order. "The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... But sentiment towards local financials was soured by a wider-than-expected quarterly loss from US investment bank Merrill Lynch, reported after the closing bell. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index slid 32.5 points to 4868.5 while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... commercial bank JP Morgan Chase and United Technologies and another steep fall in the oil price. Investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co on Thursday reported a massive $US4.9 billion second quarter loss amid massive write-downs from soured mortgage positions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... finance companies will have to sell more shares than anticipated to compensate for losses from the housing slump. Merrill Lynch & Co. also dropped, after Fitch Ratings put its long-term credit default rating on watch for a possible downgrade. With dismal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... to 5,267. In company news today, the Opes Prime case continues in the Federal Court in Melbourne, and the annual Merrill Lynch Capgemini World Wealth Report on high net worth individuals will be released. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed ...

ML appoints SWF head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Leading wealth management and capital markets firm, Merrill Lynch, has appointed Fares Noujaim to global head of sovereign wealth funds (SWF), as the sector's importance continues to swell. Noujaim was also appointed president of the firm's business ...

ML picks Praemium for admin

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Praemium Limited's V-Wrap service has been chosen by Merrill Lynch Equities Australia to provide portfolio administration services to its private client wealth management division. The deal will see Praemium provide consolidated reporting to the Merrill ...

US fund giant MFS lands down under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... global sector research coverage, which includes offices in Boston, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Mexico City. Ex-Merrill Lynch Australia head of institutional sales, Simon Gresham, joins MFS as a research analyst and will lead investment research coverage ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... that Chinese interests may be preparing to take a stake in BHP. BHP chief executive Marius Kloppers spoke at the Merrill Lynch Global Mining conference in Florida overnight where he said BHP has superior potential for growth relative to Rio. In an interview ...